The Webb Wagg Family in Australia

A  Facebook comment from one of the "Webb Wagg cousins" about the involvement of Chris Webb in the family of his youngest sister, Minnie, underlies my view that all the children of Bill and Sarah Wagg were very close and supportive. We just have to look at the three generation in this photo! Then we have the photo another "Webb Wagg cousins" shared with us of the Webb Wagg family gathering in the late 1910s. I've spent a long time looking at this photo with a magnifying glass since Therese lent it to me. You can clearly see Sarah Wag g in the front row. In the middle of the second row looking away from the camera is Chris and Nellie Webb with Hayden and Josephine Webb Wagg to their right. I'm sure that there are many Tricketts in the photos. You'll recall that Sarah's sister Jane Turner, married John Trickett. Here's the 1906 marriage certificate of Edward George Thickett (Jane and John's oldest son) to Bina (Sabina) McManus at...

Our last post was on 21 September 2017, the 99th anniversary of the death of Sarah Wagg (nee Turner) - the matriarch of our Webb Wagg family.  It was a hasty post as I was heading off to a Family History Conference in Orange with an early afternoon tea in Bathurst at the home of "our Webb Wagg cousin", Therese. As I made my way out of Sydney, the serendipity of meeting Therese again after 50 plus years on the anniversary of Sarah's death struck me....  It's always fun to catch up with family when you share an interest...even more fun when family treasures are presented as well as delicious scones! Here's what was waiting for me...... All that's written on the back is "Webb Wagg family gathering".  Therese and I poured over the photo as I'm sure you will.   Have you ever seen a copy of this photo before?   Where and when was it taken? Who are all those people?   Is there more than one camera as some are facing ahead, some ar...

Back in May, there were posts about the Sarah Wagg (nee Turner) and Jane Trickett (nee Turner) and their parents George Turner and Mary Hand. The Turners, The Tricketts and The Webb Waggs George Turner - Father of Sarah Wagg and Jane Trickett A bit of a recap of what we've found to date.... With traditional family history research, we know of two children from George and Mary's marriage - Sarah born on 21 October 1832 and Jane born about 1841.  We're still trying to locate Jane's birth  registration - elusive in spite of much searching and money spent on transcripts!  Jane's birth date is based on her death registration.   We're still searching for information on Mary Hand.  This will be covered in a later post... George Turner died in 1847 when Sarah was 15 and Jane was about 6.  There's no evidence that Mary was part of the girls life at this time.  Jane was a witness at Sara...

Thank you to Maureen, my 3rd cousin 1 x removed, for her latest discovery which again shows the family links between the Webb Wagg's and Trickett's.  We first looked at this  in a blog back in early May.    Maureen is the granddaughter of Edward George Trickett and Sabina (Bina) McManus.  You may recall that Edward's mother, Jane Trickett (nee Hand) and Sarah Wagg (nee Hand) were sisters.  Here's a chart that shows all the Wagg (or Webb or Webb-Wagg) and Trickett cousins.   Wagg and Trickett cousins Edward George Trickett was born on 12 September 1867 at "Kerosine Works, Oyster Bay, North Sydney".  Edward's birthplace is now very familiar from looking at the births of William and Sarah Wagg's children.   On 13 January 1906, Edward married Sabina (Bina) McManus at Christ Church North Sydney.  Edward was a 39 year old carpenter and Sabina was a 39 year old spinster at the time of the marriage.  Sabina was born in 1867...

Family interest has been sparked by the mention of the Trickett name! The last post covered the marriage of Jane Turner (sister of our Sarah) and John Trickett. John was the oldest of the six children of George Trickett (abt 1813 to 1881) and Mary Anna Evans (abt 1815 to 1890). In 1833, George was sentenced to death for "break, enter and steal" in Lincolnshire, England.  This was communted to transportation for life. George arrived in Sydney Cove on 16 February 1834. In 1844, George married Mary Anna Evans who was born in County Limerick, Ireland about 1815. George and Mary's six children all survived to adulthood which was unusual for those times - John (1845 to 1891), William (1848 to 1917), George (1848 to 1902), Edward "Ned" (1851 to 1916), Sara Mary (1853 to 1896) and Eliza Jane (1855 to 1938). The family of George and Mary Trickett Edward "Ned" Trickett was George and Mary's fourth and youngest son.  He won t...